Magnetic attachment for articles of everyday use



Oct. 2, 1945. E. JACOBSON 2,385,859

MAGNETIC ATTACHMENT FOR ARTICLES OF EVERY DAY USE Filed Feb. 9, 1942 5 INVENTOR.

- ERNEST JACOBSO/V.

Patented Oct. 2, 1945 MAGNETIC ATTACHMENT FOR ARTICLES F EVERYDAY USE Ernest Jacobson, New York, N. Y.

Application February 9, 1942, Serial No. 430.082

1 Claim.

. This invention relates to magnetic devices adapted to be employed in articles of every day use and utensils, such as razors, knives, pencils, pin holders, and the like.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a device of the aforesaid nature which is inexpensive to manufacture and which can be easily mounted on or incorporated in certain parts of articles of every day use.

It is another object of this invention to provide magnetic means interchangeably connected to a carrier which may form part of or which may be removably attached to an article of every day use.

various modifications and arrangements may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the result and spirit of the invention.

In the drawing: r

Fig. 1 is an elevational view (partly broken away) of a safety razor with magnetic means incorporated in the lower part of the handle, adapted to be employed in connection with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a bottom view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of a removable clip attached to a pencil, said clip having incorporated therein a magnetic device made in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 4 is a front elevational view (partly broken away) of the pencil with attachment shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of a pencil cap (partly broken away), with the magnetic device removably attached thereto in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 6 is a front elevational view of the pencil cap shown inFig. 5.

Fig. 7 shows in detail a magnetic device employable in connection with the invention.

Referring now particularly to the drawing, there is disclosed in Fig. 1 a safety razor ll! provided with handle ii and knob i2. The head l3 of the safety razor in may carry blade H, which is placed and may be fixed in position in the conventional way between the guard member I! and the top member it. Knob l2, which may be made of plastic material of which handle Il may also consist, has incorporated in its free end a horse shoe shaped magnet I! which may be molded therein in any convenient manner. Instead of a plastic handle ll ordinary steel handle may be used for the purpose intended, which may be magnetized so that its end may attract the razor blade as hereinafter described. Horse shoe magnet i! may be conveniently used when dismantling the safety razor to pick up the razor blade, 1. e. when the same is to be discarded, the blade being generally very diflicult to handle and often causing injuries to the hand of a person.

Instead of having horse shoe magnet l1 fixed to the knob or handle of the safety razor it the magnetic means may be interchangeably connected to a carrier which in turn may be removably attached to an article of every day use, such as pencil 20, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. To this end, a clip 2i of the pencil may be provided at its lower end with a magnet 22. Magnet 22 is shown in greater detail in Fig. l. The sleeve 22 of the clip 2| serves the purpose of holding magnet 22 and may be provided with projections or tits 24, adapted for engagement with recesses 25 in horse shoe magnet 22. Magnet-22 thus somewhat projects at 28 beyond the edge 2! of sleeve 22, and may be easily utilized to pick up pins, nails or any such sharp and pointed articles very often causing injuries to a person's hand. Figs. 5 and 6 show in respective side and front elevational views a modified attachment 3| whichv may also be equipped with a magnet for use in connection with a pencil or similar article of every day use. The magnet 22 is set into the sleeve 2 l, the latter being provided with an opening 32 having inturned prongs I2, 24 stamped out of the sleeve material for engagement with recesses 25 of magnet 22, so that the forward ends 26 of this magnet may project beyond sleeve 3i to attract steel and ferrous articles or parts thereof.

It is to be noted that instead of a horse shoe magnet any other form of magnet or magnetic device may be proposed, which may be fixedly or slidably positioned in a holder for removal therefrom.

It is well apparent from the disclosure herein set forth that for the ordinary erasers removably inserted in the sleeve or clip of a pencil a magnetic device may be substituted, so that a set of pencils often used by draitsmen, business people and students may be easily equipped respectively with erasers and masnetic devices or the kind herein disclosed.

It is understood that the various ma netic devices disclosed in the drawing may be adapted, respectively. to any or the accessories illustrated as well as to other suitable accessories or articles.

While there have beenshown and described and pointed out novel features of the invention as applied to the above embodiments, it will be understood that various admissions and substitutions and changes in the form and details of the means illustrated and its operation may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desired to besecured by Letters Patent is:

An attachment for oblong articles, such as 30 pencils, razor handles and the like comprising' a hollow member made of yieldable material and having one end adapted to be slid over a corresponding end of said articles, yieldable projections struck out of said member and positioned adjacent the other end thereof, and a magnet body provided with a recess, said recess extending into said magnet body at its outer periphery,

and'substantially at a right angle to the longitudinal axis of said member adJacent said other end, said projections being engageably received in said recess when said m net body is slid into said hollow member and for release therefrom, said magnet body being provided with two spaced-apart poles projecting beyond the outer periphery of said member in said engagement position to thereby expose said poles at the periphery of said member.

ERNEST JACOBSON. 

